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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae | Corbicula

species Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774): specimens
     57 available nominal species synonyms (122 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fluminalisNesemann et al. (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010), ... Wesselingh et al. (2019), Múrria et al. (2020), Ituarte (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Corbicula fluminalis fluminalisIUCN (2010)
Corbicula corKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula consobrinaKantor et al. (2010)
Corbicula purpureaKantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula fluminalis tanganyicensisIUCN (2010)
Corbicula fluminalis cunningtoniIUCN (2010)
Corbicula flumineaHe & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminalisHuber (2015)
Corbicula spp.Prié et al. (2023)

Range

Native to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Introduced to Europe and South America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


specimen
MNHN_MP_4601

10 km Est Keddamou

specimen
MNHN_MP_4602

45 km N de Tombouctou

specimen
MNHN_MP_4860

50 km sud de Taoudeni

specimen
MNHN_MP_3503

Ali Agringa (Egueï)

specimen
MNHN_MP_3503

Ali Agringa (Egueï)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4899

Aoulef

specimen
MNHN_MP_4899

Aoulef

specimen
MNHN_MP_3384

Bagamois

specimen
MNHN_MP_3384

Bagamois

specimen
MNHN_MP_4590

Batou Gadjan (Iran)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4861

Caverns a assements Ilfued (Essen)

specimen
MNHN_MP_3513

Doufilé

specimen
MNHN_MP_3513

Doufilé

specimen
MNHN_MP_3498

Egypte / Kyngani

specimen
MNHN_MP_3498

Egypte / Kyngani

specimen
MNHN_MP_4608

Eng Tougibé: 20° 45’ N 4° 30’ W

specimen
MNHN_MP_4898

In Salah

specimen
MNHN_MP_4898

In Salah

specimen
MNHN_MP_3510

Kyngani

specimen
MNHN_MP_3510

Kyngani

specimen
MNHN_MP_4575

La Luapula à Kashiosum

specimen
MNHN_MP_4605

Lenkoranka, pres Lenkoran

specimen
MNHN_MP_3542

Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_3542

Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_3542

Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_4616

Oued el Abid, antre Talerra et Hassi el Yolleh, Sahara Occidental

specimen
MNHN_MP_4755

Riviere Miangoulon

specimen
MNHN_MP_4609

Sahara

specimen
MNHN_MP_4892

Sahara

specimen
MNHN_MP_4614

Sahara près de Tombouchtou

specimen
MNHN_MP_3539

Sahara Temacinin

specimen
MNHN_MP_3539

Sahara Temacinin

specimen
MNHN_MP_3540

Sahara Temacinin

specimen
MNHN_MP_3540

Sahara Temacinin

specimen
MNHN_MP_4594

Sennar, Sudan

specimen
MNHN_MP_4579

Station de Kasuidi (bords du lac Albert)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4897

Taoudeni

specimen
MNHN_MP_3522

Ugoi

specimen
MNHN_MP_3522

Ugoi


Algeria

specimen
MNHN_MP_4585

Flatters, Algérie

specimen
MNHN_MP_3533

La Macta

specimen
MNHN_MP_3533

La Macta


Chad

specimen
MNHN_MP_4737

Djousal (Egypté) NE du Lac Chad

specimen
MNHN_MP_3523

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_3523

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_4658

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_4663

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_4663

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_4700

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_4703

Lac Tchad


Congo (DRC)

specimen
MNHN_MP_3528

Lac Tanganika à Kibanga

specimen
MNHN_MP_3528

Lac Tanganika à Kibanga


Djibouti

specimen
MNHN_MP_4895

Djibouti


Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_4641

Alexandria

specimen
MNHN_MP_4727

Alexandria

specimen
MNHN_MP_4576

Alexandrie

specimen
MNHN_MP_4578

Alexandrie, Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4845

Canal d’eau douce Suez, Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_3507

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_3507

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4587

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4735

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4856

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4890

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4891

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_4863

La Cairo

specimen
MNHN_MP_4862

La Cairo (Le Nil)

INHS_50654. Egypt

INHS_50664. Nile River, Cairo, Egypt


Ethiopia

specimen
MNHN_MP_3442

Lac Aoussa

specimen
MNHN_MP_3442

Lac Aoussa

specimen
MNHN_MP_3536

Lac Aoussa

specimen
MNHN_MP_3536

Lac Aoussa


Iran

specimen
MNHN_MP_4907

Persia


Iraq

specimen
MNHN_MP_3515

de l’Euphrate

specimen
MNHN_MP_3515

de l’Euphrate


Mali

specimen
MNHN_MP_4701

Arezzaf, Soudan

specimen
MNHN_MP_4712

Arezzaf, Soudan

specimen
MNHN_MP_4695

Chemal d’Askia, pres Tombouctou

specimen
MNHN_MP_4696

Chemal d’Askia, pres Tombouctou


Pakistan

INHS_52394. Peshawar, British India, Peshawar, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

INHS_52395. Peshawar, India, Peshawar, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

INHS_52396. Peshawar, India, Peshawar, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan


Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_4619

Lac Tanma, Senegal


Syria

specimen
MNHN_MP_4908

Alep

specimen
MNHN_MP_4584

L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4610

L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4611

L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4612

L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)

specimen
MNHN_MP_4912

Lac de Homs, Syrie; Lac de Horus


Tanzania

specimen
MNHN_MP_3544

fleuve Kingani

specimen
MNHN_MP_4864

fleuve Kyngani

specimen
MNHN_MP_3524

fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo

specimen
MNHN_MP_3524

fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo

specimen
MNHN_MP_3527

fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo

specimen
MNHN_MP_3527

fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo

specimen
MNHN_MP_4894

fleuve Kyngani près Bagamoyo


Thailand

specimen
MNHN_MP_4567

Thailand: Maenam Chao Praya: Chainat

specimen
MNHN_MP_4506

Thailand: Maenam Yom at Prae

specimen
MNHN_MP_4454

Thailand: Maenam Yom près Prae


unknown

specimen
MNHN_MP_4573

[no locality available]

specimen
MNHN_MP_4857

[no locality available]

specimen
MNHN_MP_4911

[no locality available]

specimen
MNHN_MP_4582

Lac Albert-Edward

specimen
MNHN_MP_4586

Lac Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MNHN_MP_4739

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4853

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4859

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4902

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4721

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4767

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4900

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_4581

Tanganyika

specimen
MNHN_MP_4583

Victoria Nyanza